Fun Christmas cookies

With an electrical whisk, beat the butter or margarine and both types of sugar until light and fluffy. Add the flour and whisk until the mixture is crumbly. Place the crumbs on a floured surface and knead into a dough. Divide according to the recipe for teddybears.

If you want brown dough, replace 50 ml flour with the same amount of cocoa powder. The granulated sugar can be replaced with muscovado sugar to vary the taste and colour of the cookies.

Roll the dough into balls and sticks and put together into the desired figures/shapes. Bake in the centre of the oven at 200 °C for approx. 15 minutes. Leave to cool on a wire rack. Decorate the cookies. To turn them into cake pops, add a cocktail stick as soon as you take them out of the oven. Store in a dry place.